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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1873
Page
2
A plea to readers to help double the subscription list of the FRREPORT JOURNAL within four weeks by sharing the paper with neighbors who do not subscribe. The message appeals to friends and patrons, arguing a well supported paper benefits all.
The Republican voters of Silver Creek will meet in caucus at Berry School House on Saturday March 2 1878 at 1 p.m. to nominate candidates for town offices for the ensuing year. ELISHA FREEMAN Committeeman.
The Republican voters of Flor ence meet at May's School Fierse on March 27, 1878 at 2 o clock p m to nominate township candidates with polls open one hour. J M Bechtel, committeeman. Buckeye voters meet at the Townhouse on March 28 at 3 p m to nominate town officers with polls open one hour. Thomas B Jones. Harlem voters meet at the First National Bank of Freeport on March 20 at 3 p m to nominate town officers. John Wright.
The Republic of Spain abolishes slavery in Porto Rico granting full citizenship rights to emancipated slaves. A Cuban abolition movement is urged. In Illinois, a motion to abolish the Railroad and Warehouse Commission is debated, and the Commission is sustained. A new Hawaiian king arrives with General Scofield to study U S governance.
Springfield correspondent notes Governor Beveridge intended to appoint Hon John Addams of Stephenson county to the Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners instead of Colonel Cook but Addams telegraphed that he could not accept the post.
The Kinois Legislature passed a bill to appropriate one million dollars to continue work on the new State House and added an emergency clause, making the law effective immediately. The building is expected to be ready for occupancy by the Legislature next winter.
The report notes Charles Goodrich, brother of Hon. W W Goodrich, found murdered in his Degraw Street Brooklyn home with no clues. It mentions the Nathan mystery comparison and observes crime often hides in dense cities, alongside unrelated notes on the new Circuit Court Bill, elections, Phelps Dodge settlement, and Rock Island designated as a national military prison site.
In Connell the op ed notes that the people hold power to govern themselves and that a large nonpartisan Citizens' Meeting at the Opera House signaled intent to field a ticket representing the public. It contrasts Democratic nominations and editorials defending taxpaying readers against perceived pricey Washington events. Foster’s execution in New York is described as enforcing justice without privilege, with Gov Dix praised for not commuting the sentence.
The new postal appropriation bill approved March 3 ends the franking privilege and repeals sections allowing free mail for publishers and exchanges. It keeps prepayment options but imposes no lowered rates. Violent coercion in labor disputes is criminalized with fines up to 500 dollars or six months. A separate postal clause eliminates free distribution of weekly papers after June 30, 1873, requiring subscribers to pay postage and editors to be charged for exchanges. The piece also promotes the Kankakee route via Chicago to New York, noting its speed and Saturday departures, with tickets available in Chicago and at depots.
The New York Tribune defends Charles Sumner’s bid to expunge battle names from flags and predicts renewed action in the next Congress. It derides his aim and mocks proposed punishments for soldiers, while Senator Windom seeks summer Senate study on the national transport problem and a resolution should be passed to advance information gathering.
The article argues the Bulletin misreports a back pay vote and notes a higher Democrat share among those supporting pay raises for President and Congress. It urges reading the roll call, then shifts to advice on manners, stressing home training as the source of civil behavior and gentility.
Cadwell of Kansas, seen as Pomeroy's left bower in the Senate, has resigned after an investigation into his alleged actions to buy the Kansas Legislature and boost his Senate bid. The state now faces representation questions in Washington as names like Cadwell and Pom appear in local political turmoil.
Washington correspondent lists several ways to pronounce Credit Mobilier as spoken by different figures including John B Alley Judge Poland Oakes Ames General Banks Sidney Dillon and Senator Stevenson, offering options for personal preference.
Miss Mary Smith, while sleighing in Milwaukee last week, says she was fired at on a principal thoroughfare. No bullet marks on the sleigh, but a sharp-eyed policeman noted that a rubber bustle explosion caused the alarm in the half column Wisconsin item on the attempted assassination.
A foreign observer notes that after a great man dies in the United States the pattern is to propose a fine statue, raise part of the money, then forget to order the statue, and finally wonder what happened to the funds. The remark reveals sharp critique and clear judgment.
The Rev DeWitt Talmage reportedly alters scripture on salt, reading you are the antiputrefactic of the earth but if the antiputrefactic has lost its antiputrefactic quality wherewith shall it be antiputrefacticated, reflecting his tabernacular notoriety and provocative style.
In North Easton Mass on March 13 a complimentary reception and dinner for Hon. Oakes Ames drew about 350 residents. Dr. George B. Cogswell presided and praised Ames as an honest man. Ames addressed accusations tied to the Credit Mobilier affair, saying the Poland Committee found no bribery but noted stock sales at fair value. The event closed after over two hours of congratulatory speeches.
Governor Grant authorizes clemency rejection in the Foster murder case. The 1871 streetcar killing of Putnam by William Foster, using an iron car-hook, led to a lengthy legal battle. Despite mercy appeals and juror affidavits suggesting doubt, the executive upholds the death penalty and stresses judicial finality and public safety.
A lamp lit plank behind a running saw at Lampson’s mill in Grand Ledge injured Frank Krupp, who was pinned by the saw and cut across, Merritt Smith of Cascade suffered tragedy after his wife and son perished in a kerosene blast, and a western man with heart palpitations sought relief via a rumored new heart remedy.
A note describes Anan in Terre Haute Indiana keeping a private armory. It includes a musket once carried by his grandfather in the Revolutionary War a firearm passed from his father in the War of 1812 and a weapon he carries in the Civil War context.
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